More than a decade of machinery predictive maintenance experience in US Navy submarines fueled the creation of Precision Maintenance Incorporated in 1992. We saw that the need for this technology would spread at an ever-increasing rate to a broad range of industries over the next decade.  Learning how to serve the clientele of the future would play an essential roll in our success. This in mind, PMI initially chose to target those industries that had little exposure to predictive technologies.

We achieved success by penetrating the marine, pulp and paper, power generation, utilities and food processing industries. The seasonal nature surrounding much of this business created the need for highly detailed analysis. Multiple surveys for trending is impractical in these businesses but PMI's ability to accurately assess a machine’s condition with a single survey proved to create a strong building block for continued business. We also excelled in diagnostic work on combustion engines and axial screw compressors, both of which are exceedingly difficult to properly diagnose.

In 1993, PMI begins performing in-field machinery balancing, laser alignments of coupled machinery and installation of permanent vibration systems.

By 1994, we were performing a significant amount of balancing and alignment work justifying attention of its own.  We began to handle all alignments, balancing and hardware installation also.

We continued to grow and improve our product quality. Our vibration diagnostic capability expanded to include torsional vibration, acoustics analysis, and ODS capabilities. Our alignment work progressed to large machines (in excess of 30,000lbs), long high-speed shafts, and thermally complex machinery.

In 1997, PMI combine a number of reliability-based maintenance services under one roof.  PMI would now handle all the subcontractors and employ a new level of hardware and software sales to the industry.  Since PMI is a Reliability Management company, it can now target a broader range of clientele than ever before.  Some of their newer customers include computer chip manufacturing, Steel and Aluminum mills, and Office Buildings.

In 2001, PMI began looking for ways to improve alignment times in the power industry. Taking advantage of the experience gained through thousands of alignments we designed and built a system to handle nuclear stator moves.

In 2002 we employed the system for the first time at the Clinton Nuclear Station in Illinois. The result was a final alignment including a horizontal move and shim changes in less than two hours and forty minutes. Since then we've been working primarily in the fossil fuel market and have completed final horizontal adjustments in less than seven minutes and complete realignments including shim changes in less than fifty minutes. We continue to work on the processes and are currently developing additional fixtures which will allow us to track generator position through an unlimited series of maneuvers without new coupling readings.

In 2005, Daniel Markeson was granted a patent on both the tooling and method for generator moves. Patent Number US 6,871,412 B2.

In 2008, Precision Maintenance Northwest was created to continue all the offered services. PMI went exclusively to service the Power Industry.